Reiff v. Strite

This appeal is brought to this Court from a pro forma decree of the Circuit Court for Washington County, and the question for decision is, what is the proper construction of certain clauses in the last will and testament of Abraham Strite, deceased.

The testator died in the fall of 1863, without children, hut left a widow surviving him. He was seized of a farm and some mountain land, and was also possessed at the time of his death of certain stocks and other personal property. By his will he authorized and empowered his executors to sell his mountain land at any time after his death, hut his…